One Senior Springer Spaniel has Reason to Give Hearty Thanks This Thanksgiving Imagine what it feels like to be a 6-year-old doggy past the prime of life, whose owner got old, too, and couldn’t take care of you anymore? Think how lucky you would be if you were a breed of dog that happened to… Read more »
Trainer Brian Bailey wrote a fascinating, provocative new book Embracing the Wild in Your Dog. I interviewed him about his ideas about the wolf ancestry of our dogs on DOG TALK™ and also on HUMANE TALK. I hope you’ll take the time to listen to both conversations – in the meantime, take advantage of his good practical… Read more »
Fat Dogs Die Younger If you’re honest, you’ll probably admit that your beloved Labrador Retriever is overweight, right? If you had to guess you’d say she’s maybe 5 or 10 lbs. overweight? But you probably don’t think it’s such a big deal — she’s happy and what else matters, right? Wrong! Maybe you think I’m… Read more »
GUEST BLOG POST: Rabbits are unique pets that fascinate a wide range of people. Although they are usually portrayed eating carrots, not all vegetables are good for them. Jordan Walker, the lead content curator of Coops and Cages, shares what type of food isn’t suited for bunnies. Rabbits are one of the cutest pets around… Read more »
A Happy Ending for a Homeless Lady and Her Dog The recent inaugural Dog Film Festival in New York City gave me and the audience many opportunities to look at the human-canine bond from different perspectives. Many of us treasure and value our connection with our dogs and cannot imagine life without them — but… Read more »
At first I was amused when I heard about the DogStar TailTalk device — which fits on a dog’s tail and sends computerized information about a dog’s emotional state. At first I thought, “But don’t we already know a dog is happy when she wags her tail?” Then I was fascinated by the thinking behind… Read more »
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What’s Hiding in Your Dog’s Treats? Dr. Donna and I recently had a most delightful participant in our Halo Healthy Weight Challenge. Lola was a chubby Pug (quite honestly I don’t think anyone has ever actually seen a slender Pug?!) whose Mom, Heather, was a champ at documenting every little thing Lola ate each day… Read more »
The inaugural DOG FILM FESTIVAL that my Radio Pet Lady Network produced last weekend in New York City was a rousing success. What had been a crazy idea amazed me by taking wing — with the New York Times devoting half a page in the Weekend Arts section to the festival, Time Out magazine picking… Read more »
The New York Dog Film Festival Visionary Award to Steve Marton The First Annual Dog Film Festival will have one award in its first year — the Visionary Award, which was created to recognize an individual who best exemplifies the intention of the Dog Film Festival: “celebrating the remarkable bond between dogs and their people.”… Read more »